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if it were not for the leadership of the present united states, the president of the united states. i am his agent, but this is the president of the united states. he asked me to go back because of my years of experience in judiciary committee in dealing with these issues, he asked me to go back and do as quick of a survey as i could, as the row as i could in a short time frame and present him with a set of recommendations. i have the incredible help of some really first-rate cabinet manners -- members, starting with the attorney-general, secretary of education and homeland security, secretary of health and human services. and we met with a range of 229 groups. representing a wide range prospectus. from members of the law enforcement community, including many from your cities and states, to gun safety advocates, victims of the shootings, both down in virginia, as well as in colorado. sportsmen's organizations, hunters, gun owners, the nra. representatives of the video game and movie industries, educators, retailers, and public health officials. and as i said, i spoke to many of you
if it were not for the leadership of the present united states, the president of the united states. i am his agent, but this is the president of the united states. he asked me to go back because of my years of experience in judiciary committee in dealing with these issues, he asked me to go back and do as quick of a survey as i could, as the row as i could in a short time frame and present him with a set of recommendations. i have the incredible help of some really first-rate cabinet manners --...
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and may god bless the united states of america. thank you. >> next, new jersey governor chris christie giving his third annual state of the state speech. he focused on hurricane sandy recovery efforts and called on congress for more disaster relief to aid victims of the hurricane. the 112th congress approved $9.7 billion in flood insurance aid before they adjourned and the new congress is expected to vote on an additional $51 billion hurricane sandy relief package next week. from trenton, this is 45 from trenton, this is 45 minutes.
and may god bless the united states of america. thank you. >> next, new jersey governor chris christie giving his third annual state of the state speech. he focused on hurricane sandy recovery efforts and called on congress for more disaster relief to aid victims of the hurricane. the 112th congress approved $9.7 billion in flood insurance aid before they adjourned and the new congress is expected to vote on an additional $51 billion hurricane sandy relief package next week. from trenton,...
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>> my response is that women who served in our united states armed forces are more likely, more likely to be sexually battered and abused by their brethren in their own service. you know, the fact of the matter is we have been brushing under the rug, you know, the incidences of rape between soldiers and marines and sailors for any number of years. they don't get investigated. and at the end of the day those women are sent home, their careers are often ended, and the men are simply moved from duty station to duty station and continue to serve. so this is a reality that we already face today. it's not something brand new. at the end of the day being in the armed forces really is a man's world, but we've been operating in it and we've been doing it well. >> all right. goldie taylor, thank you for joining us tonight. appreciate it so much. that's "the ed show." i'm ed schultz. the "rachel maddow show" starts right now. good evening, rachel. >> good evening, ed. thank you, my friend. >> thank you. >> and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. it is a weird paradox, in 21st century
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united in grief, united in hope, united in newtown. >> 27 wooden angels in newtown, one for each victim of the massacre. but one month later, that displace and most of the other memorials have been taken down. gifts sent from all over the world now preserved in a warehouse to become part of a futural pecture permanent memor. visible reminders of the tragedy mostly gone. the community, however, is still struggling. just today, dozens of family members gathered to announce a mission to promote a national dialogue on gun violence, mental health, and school safety. for many of the families involved, it's one way to honor the loved one they lost. >> it is a sad honor to be here today. it's been one month since i lost my son dylan and 25 orlando families lost their loved ones. at times it feels like only yesterday, and at other times it feels as if many years have passed. i still find myicism reaching for dylan's hand to walk through a parking lot or expecting him to crawl into bed beside me for early morning cuddles before we get ready for school. so hard to believe he's gone. >> it is still
united in grief, united in hope, united in newtown. >> 27 wooden angels in newtown, one for each victim of the massacre. but one month later, that displace and most of the other memorials have been taken down. gifts sent from all over the world now preserved in a warehouse to become part of a futural pecture permanent memor. visible reminders of the tragedy mostly gone. the community, however, is still struggling. just today, dozens of family members gathered to announce a mission to...
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they were not a collective unit. presenting them as such dramatically oversimplifies the the politics of the founding generation. it comes to be used as a big battering ram to beat people over the head with in ways that are historically incoherent. >> the deep historical faa's -- flaws used by conservatives about the founding fathers. "after wordsk tv's ." >> connecticut governor stan malloy comments on the newtown shootings. he talks about the budget and economy and hurricane relief efforts. this is 30 minutes. [applause] >> nice to see you. how are you doing? >> thank you. >> it is hard to believe two your staff passed since the governor and i took office. the would-two years have passed between -- the two years have passed between the governor and i took office. despite the many headwinds we have faced, this governor has ended year after year of complacency in our state government and is moving connecticut will work again. our state is reinvented, reinvigorated on so many levels. whether it is our approach to econ
they were not a collective unit. presenting them as such dramatically oversimplifies the the politics of the founding generation. it comes to be used as a big battering ram to beat people over the head with in ways that are historically incoherent. >> the deep historical faa's -- flaws used by conservatives about the founding fathers. "after wordsk tv's ." >> connecticut governor stan malloy comments on the newtown shootings. he talks about the budget and economy and...
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working with a group of people that want to stop the president of the united states and they will find ways in the rules even with improvements. >> i think the disappointment from people who are congress watchers is that everybody thought that democratic senators were so fed up that when you got the chance to change it, you would pounce on it. do senators not mind this as much as you thought that we did? is. >> i think the votes weren't there. i'm not blaming my colleagues in particular, but there weren't enough to take the bigger steps that some of us wanted to take. this is not to deflect what you wanted to say. if you listened to the inaugural address that you did. one of the things that i took out of that, we are going to see the president use his executive powers use his powers in a more aggressive way. we still would have had problems in the house and i'm not begging off the question, but i think you are going to see the president use the executive powers that are within his legal authority. i think the progressive agenda is going to be driven that way. i think it wouldn't have g
working with a group of people that want to stop the president of the united states and they will find ways in the rules even with improvements. >> i think the disappointment from people who are congress watchers is that everybody thought that democratic senators were so fed up that when you got the chance to change it, you would pounce on it. do senators not mind this as much as you thought that we did? is. >> i think the votes weren't there. i'm not blaming my colleagues in...
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and high risk victims unit. and the major point of the change was to view these individuals as victims of crime, not as perpetrators of crime. and when we recover a young woman, we work to -- we have a program called the bridge to give them place to stay, wrap around services and try to take them out of this life which is challenging, too, because the pimp and the other people working with the pimp will work to bring this person back if they can. they create an environment in which this person is very fearful and may return again to it. so what we know is that the internet has changed how this works. it's no longer somebody walking a street. it's advertised online. and backpage.com is one of the chief places where it happens. over the last couple of years, our police department has recovered over 25 young women that were advertised for sale b on backpage.com. and when you go, you have a chance and you go online, look up your city on backpage.com, and you will find b that escorts are being advertised in your city
and high risk victims unit. and the major point of the change was to view these individuals as victims of crime, not as perpetrators of crime. and when we recover a young woman, we work to -- we have a program called the bridge to give them place to stay, wrap around services and try to take them out of this life which is challenging, too, because the pimp and the other people working with the pimp will work to bring this person back if they can. they create an environment in which this person...
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we had democrat president of the united states. we had a republican congress. i believe that that government shutdown actually gave us the impetus as we went toward to push toward some real serious compromise. >> do you think that's a good idea? >> yes, i do. i think it's about time. oh, yeah, it's about time. no time like the present to completely destroy the economy. but this fever is spreading. paul ryan caught the book. senator ted cruz has it. holding the economy hostage to demand bungt cuts? a shutdown would mean americans would lose jobs, lose social security checks, veterans would lose benefits, medicare patients would be left waiting. joining me now is nia malika henderson and michelle cotter. thank you both for being here tonight. >> republicans are threatening to destroy the economy. is there anyway out of this? >> mitch mcconnell doesn't seem to be completely on board. >> but he wouldn't say no, either. >> you're right. he wouldn't rule it out completely or rule for his other people and say this is a real, real viable option. you know, i think what
we had democrat president of the united states. we had a republican congress. i believe that that government shutdown actually gave us the impetus as we went toward to push toward some real serious compromise. >> do you think that's a good idea? >> yes, i do. i think it's about time. oh, yeah, it's about time. no time like the present to completely destroy the economy. but this fever is spreading. paul ryan caught the book. senator ted cruz has it. holding the economy hostage to...
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numbers and had a sense up until the last moment that mitt romney was going to be president of the united states. >> you are giving me nightmares sketching out that future that we would have had. you really give details to those agonizingly long wait for romney to concede. tell us the story, please. >> this was just like eating bon bones. jonathan reported the boston stuff with romney and i did the chicago stuff. there were two amazingly parallel scenes. in chicago, staffers walked into the suite. the presidential suite where president obama was with his family. they walked into this vision of valerie jarrett streaming at the tv showing the empty podium in boston saying call already. call already. after a while, a lot of senior staffers who told me he was angry at the romney folks in more colorful language wonders what was going on. it took 75 on 80 minutes to concede. obama's campaign manager had to text and leave a message for romney's campaign manager. what was going on in boston was really a microcosm for the denial that gripped the campaign throughout. romney didn't have the on in hi
numbers and had a sense up until the last moment that mitt romney was going to be president of the united states. >> you are giving me nightmares sketching out that future that we would have had. you really give details to those agonizingly long wait for romney to concede. tell us the story, please. >> this was just like eating bon bones. jonathan reported the boston stuff with romney and i did the chicago stuff. there were two amazingly parallel scenes. in chicago, staffers walked...
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still it has not come clean with the congress of the united states seems powerless. we're talking about mental health issues, so many broad and deep concerns, including the commerce in violence, whether video games, movies. and that is pushed to the side because it is inconvenient to the narrative, and that is a shame, and should not be tolerated. >> we have not had this kind of national dialogue anyway, sycamore former says the assassinations of the 60's. we have not talked about the counts -- causes of violence are get legislation that may or may not work. >> your mental health issue. people think that you cannot. you can if a counselor knows it has a good idea that the person is going to become violent. lou: you know, the fact is that there is so much propaganda in all of this from both sides that we have to cut through it and talk honestly year. the reality is that rifles, has soared and tragic and as these killings have been, the rifle is not the issue here. the assault weapon, it makes it sound like something it is not, as semiautomatic weapon. and the idea tha
still it has not come clean with the congress of the united states seems powerless. we're talking about mental health issues, so many broad and deep concerns, including the commerce in violence, whether video games, movies. and that is pushed to the side because it is inconvenient to the narrative, and that is a shame, and should not be tolerated. >> we have not had this kind of national dialogue anyway, sycamore former says the assassinations of the 60's. we have not talked about the...
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meanwhile, treasury secretary tim of the airline's the united states to default on payment as soon as mid february. for more of the president's is covered son joined by former reagan political director ed rollins, former pleasant to have clinton political adviser. let's start with the president's news conference today. the president seemed, well, you characterize it. he seemed to fill in the blank " >> i would say congeal. meaning that he tried to portray himself as reasonable and said that there was now negotiating and the debt ceiling, lesley because he is in a strong position politically in that the most would agree that the republicans are showing no signs of real life. lou: do you agree? >> i think the republicans rolled over and play dead. at this point in time they will draw a line in the sand. no believe they should shut government down, but i think this is a position where they need to make their se known. the president said over and over again that we have cut two and a half trillion in the future without one single penny has been cut, -- not one single cut in the law, talki
meanwhile, treasury secretary tim of the airline's the united states to default on payment as soon as mid february. for more of the president's is covered son joined by former reagan political director ed rollins, former pleasant to have clinton political adviser. let's start with the president's news conference today. the president seemed, well, you characterize it. he seemed to fill in the blank " >> i would say congeal. meaning that he tried to portray himself as reasonable and...
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this is just common sense to mothers, fathers, parents in the united states. we had a poll out this week that over 75% of parents think we need to take stronger action to strengthen our gun laws. i think the issue here is really not one extreme versus another. it is the broad middle rising up and saying you know what, we can do something about it. after newtown, the idea that we do nothing is a tragedy. >> chris: let's look at some of the ideas and he is pretty open about them that vice president is suggesting and probably will offer to the president on tuesday. new limits on assault weapons. new limits on high capacity magazines that hold 30 rounds, maybe even 100 rounds. universal background checks and a crackdown on gun trafficking. which of those that i specifically mentioned do you think would do the most good in terms of solving the problem and which do you think is most likely to get through congress? >> well, universal background checks is really important. right now, 40% of guns sold in the united states don't have any check system. that is more than
this is just common sense to mothers, fathers, parents in the united states. we had a poll out this week that over 75% of parents think we need to take stronger action to strengthen our gun laws. i think the issue here is really not one extreme versus another. it is the broad middle rising up and saying you know what, we can do something about it. after newtown, the idea that we do nothing is a tragedy. >> chris: let's look at some of the ideas and he is pretty open about them that vice...
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there is a wide variability but it could go from a few thousand best to up to 49,000 deaths in the united states each season. about 200,000 hospitalizations and over 25 billion in economic cost. this is a serious issue. host: $25 billion cost to him? who bears the brunt of that? guest: it is lost work. hospital medical costs. the cost of doctors and medicine. the loss of work and economic and put -- input. host: we are asking the be worse -- the viewers, should there be a mandatary vaccine for health care professionals? the cdc that would make that type of mandatory provision recommend it at this point. they recommend health-care officials. they have been doing it since 1981. that is not the purview of your agency, but has the federal government ever in other types of viruses said yes, everyone must get vaccinated for this? guest: with regard to the general public there is never an all or none. there is always an offering. for example, in schools better vaccination that are required that is usually not of the federal level. that is usually at the local level. the only time you of somethin
there is a wide variability but it could go from a few thousand best to up to 49,000 deaths in the united states each season. about 200,000 hospitalizations and over 25 billion in economic cost. this is a serious issue. host: $25 billion cost to him? who bears the brunt of that? guest: it is lost work. hospital medical costs. the cost of doctors and medicine. the loss of work and economic and put -- input. host: we are asking the be worse -- the viewers, should there be a mandatary vaccine for...
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. >> the office of president of the united states. >> the office of presidentst united states. >> and will to the best of my ability. >> and will to the best of my ability. >> preserve, protect, and defend. >> preserve, protect, and defend. >> the constitution of the united states. >> the constitution of the united states. >> so help you god? >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president. >> thank you mr. chief justice. thank you so much. thank you, sweetie. hey. >> you didn't mess up that time. >> i did it. all right. thank you, everybody. >> president obama takes the oath, ready to tackle four more years as commander in chief as we prepare for four years of standoffs and fiscal uncertainty. there's a reason why we're broadcasting from a pub. it's "way too early" for this. good morning, i'm bill karins hosting a special edition of "way too early" live from the dubliner in washington, d.c. amazing crowd. lined up outside for hours. we're going to jam as many of you in as we possibly can as we go throughout "way too early" and, of course, "morning joe" on this special day. we're
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as the president knows, i've worked in this field a long time in the united states senate. having chaired a committee that had jurisdiction over these issues of guns and crime. and having drafted the first gun violence legislation, the last gun violence legislation, i should say. and i have no illusions about what we're up against, what we're up against, or how hard the task is in front of us, but i also have never seen the nation's conscience so shaken by what happened at sandy hook. the world has changed. it's demanding action. it's in this context the president asked me to put together along with cabinet members a set of recommendations about how we should proceed to meet that moral obligation we have. and toward that end, cabinet members and i sat down with 229 groups, not just individuals, representing groups. 229 groups from law enforcement agencies to public health officials, to gun officials, to gun advocacy groups, to sportsmen and hunters and religious leaders. and i've spoken with members of congress on both sides of the aisle. had extensive conversation with may
as the president knows, i've worked in this field a long time in the united states senate. having chaired a committee that had jurisdiction over these issues of guns and crime. and having drafted the first gun violence legislation, the last gun violence legislation, i should say. and i have no illusions about what we're up against, what we're up against, or how hard the task is in front of us, but i also have never seen the nation's conscience so shaken by what happened at sandy hook. the world...
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we're going to be joined by the national coordinator of faith united to prevent gun violence. faith leaders from around the country get into a whole different aspect of this. right now, talking about the president's announcement yesterday with vice president joe biden of the recommendations of the biden task force on gun violence. joining us and joining me in covering that event yesterday jonathan allen is the senior washington correspondent for politico. hey, john, good morning. good to talk to you. >> good morning. thanks for having me on. >> bill: yep. so the very powerful event yesterday at the -- at the white house, i guess the question is what happens now? and do the president's measures have any chance of getting through this republican-led house of representatives? what's your take? >> i think all gun control legislation for the last 20 years almost since 1994 anyway has faced an uphill climb. i don't think any of these proposals are different than that. i think there's a real hope in the pro gun control community that the newtown massacre will be different than the mo
we're going to be joined by the national coordinator of faith united to prevent gun violence. faith leaders from around the country get into a whole different aspect of this. right now, talking about the president's announcement yesterday with vice president joe biden of the recommendations of the biden task force on gun violence. joining us and joining me in covering that event yesterday jonathan allen is the senior washington correspondent for politico. hey, john, good morning. good to talk...
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ladies and gentleman, the president and vice president of the united states. please be seated, thank you. before i begin today, let me say to the families of the innocents who were murdered, our hearts go out to you and you show incredible courage, incredible courage being here and the president and i will do everything in our power to honor the memory of your children and your wives with the work we take up here today. >> it has been 33 days is the nation's heart with broken by the senseless violence that took place at sandy hook elementary school. 20 beautiful first graders gunned down in a place that is supposed to be their second sanctuary. six members of the staff killed trying to save those children. it has literally been hard for the nation to comprehend. i know for the families who are here that time is not measured in days, but in minutes, in seconds. another minute without your daughter, another minute without your son, another minute without your wife or without your mom. i want to thank chris macdonald, who lost his beautiful daughter, grace, and t
ladies and gentleman, the president and vice president of the united states. please be seated, thank you. before i begin today, let me say to the families of the innocents who were murdered, our hearts go out to you and you show incredible courage, incredible courage being here and the president and i will do everything in our power to honor the memory of your children and your wives with the work we take up here today. >> it has been 33 days is the nation's heart with broken by the...
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right now, 40% of guns sold in the united states don't have any check system. that is more than swiss cheese, you know? so we really need to address that challenge. i think -- those are areas, where, again, gun owners support a comprehensive gun check system. so, i think that is an area where, hopefully, there can be bipartisan support. and some of these issues will be tougher but once the president engages in a conversation with the american people, he has shown time and time again, when the american people get engaged that is how you change washington. >> chris: let's pick up on that. you and the nra and other gun rights groups say the problem is not the weapons, it is the person who is firing the weapon. so, let's talk about universal background checks, because, i was surprised to find out, is suggested in 40% of the sales there is no such screen on the person buying the gun. what is wrong with universal background checks. >> it is false security to think somehow we'll spot problems when there's really no way to spot these problems. some of the most horrendo
right now, 40% of guns sold in the united states don't have any check system. that is more than swiss cheese, you know? so we really need to address that challenge. i think -- those are areas, where, again, gun owners support a comprehensive gun check system. so, i think that is an area where, hopefully, there can be bipartisan support. and some of these issues will be tougher but once the president engages in a conversation with the american people, he has shown time and time again, when the...
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. >> for the united states of america, the best is yet to come. >> the original was a drama. but what the sequel needs is action. to it craft a legacy, this president must bring lawmakers together. cliff after cliff, short-term thinking and political bickering at every turn. dysfunction is ruling washington. but look beyond that and this economy is poised for a recovery, a recovery the audience, you, the american people, have desperately been waiting for. businesses hiring, home foreclosures down, the value of your house rising, resilient stock market at five-year highs, historically low interest rates. plus, consumers are still spending. but, beware, most sequels are never as good as the original. so what will obama's economy, the sequel, look like? john avalon is a columnist at the daily beast. international business at the university of maryland, and annie lowrie is an economic policy reporter for "the new york times." all great movies have memorable endings. when we look back at the end of the first term, is this a blockbuster or dead? >> absolute free fall, stock market
. >> for the united states of america, the best is yet to come. >> the original was a drama. but what the sequel needs is action. to it craft a legacy, this president must bring lawmakers together. cliff after cliff, short-term thinking and political bickering at every turn. dysfunction is ruling washington. but look beyond that and this economy is poised for a recovery, a recovery the audience, you, the american people, have desperately been waiting for. businesses hiring, home...
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made his announcement included children, cabinet members, and a sadly large group of people who are united by tragedy. the living victims of gun violence, some who have lost family members. others who have been shot themselves and survived. joining me now, two people who were in the room with the president today, congresswoman mccarthy of new york, her husband was killed and her son injured in the massacre on long island railroad. and steven barton who was shot in the aurora massacre in july. he is also from connecticut and actually used to live about ten minutes from sandy hook elementary school. thank you both for joining me tonight. congresswoman mccarthy, i have to ask you since your career in politics began with this cause, what was it like for you to be at the only, the only presidential announcement in history of gun control initiatives being initiated and pushed by the president of the united states. >> well, i have to tell you there were times where i was about ready to break down and cry. to be in the audience with so many of the victims and to see so many of the different groups
made his announcement included children, cabinet members, and a sadly large group of people who are united by tragedy. the living victims of gun violence, some who have lost family members. others who have been shot themselves and survived. joining me now, two people who were in the room with the president today, congresswoman mccarthy of new york, her husband was killed and her son injured in the massacre on long island railroad. and steven barton who was shot in the aurora massacre in july....
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but it is the united states carrying them out. the fact that we know these things are happening and that our government nevertheless considers them to be deniable is frankly one of the more orwellian things about being an american citizen in the 21st center pi. the closest thing we have to a face for the drone policy or the drone non-policy is this man. he is the face of this policy that we have of killing people outside of war zones using this particular tool. and he is the face of the policy both because he is the man who is reported to bring specific names and specific details of specific targets to the president for the president's personal approval. so to the extent that there is a kill list, this guy is reportedly the keeper of the list. but the other reason that he is the face of the policy is that he is the member of the administration who came forward to give a speech about it. this past spring it was john brennan who gave the first ever u.s. policy address, admitting to some of our drone strikes. and defending them as bo
but it is the united states carrying them out. the fact that we know these things are happening and that our government nevertheless considers them to be deniable is frankly one of the more orwellian things about being an american citizen in the 21st center pi. the closest thing we have to a face for the drone policy or the drone non-policy is this man. he is the face of this policy that we have of killing people outside of war zones using this particular tool. and he is the face of the policy...
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but now android is samsung there's one guy half of all the units in north america. samsung. >> one company, a south korea company is one half of all the android operating systems in america? >> the same size as apple on a unit basis so if you're an applications developer you look at apple as more attractive because people pay a lot of money for xwraps and not so much on android. part is because there aren't as many apps and they don't work as well because it's harder to make one app work across everything. now that samsung is big i think he developed for samsung only which means google is going to lose control of their own operating system. they've already lost control of the part done by amazon so i would have -- the thing that's so amazing to me is that the big companies have huge opportunities now. microsoft owns skype, the telecommunications, the most important telecom system in the emerging world they have 400 million active users which is more than the number users of windows these days. >> rose: 400 million -- >> like over a hundred million who pay them to us
but now android is samsung there's one guy half of all the units in north america. samsung. >> one company, a south korea company is one half of all the android operating systems in america? >> the same size as apple on a unit basis so if you're an applications developer you look at apple as more attractive because people pay a lot of money for xwraps and not so much on android. part is because there aren't as many apps and they don't work as well because it's harder to make one app...
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. >> reporter: a city pier looked like a mobile unite. >> it completely rocked me. people were like human projectiles fli s flying into t aisles. >> reporter: more than0 people were hurt. >> people were in pain, injured. >> reporter: she was standing up to get off when it crashed. >> i was standing there talking to a gentleman and the next thing i knew, i opened my eyes and i was on the floor six or ten feet away from where i was standing. >> reporter: passengers say the force of the impact knocked dozens of people off their feet and down stairs. >> and there were people all over the place. it was pretty scary. >> reporter: they say the high-speed catamaran ran into the dock at about 12 miles per hour. the ferry was carried more than 300 people from new jersey to this pier in lower manhattan during the morning rush. investigators are here to figure out what went wrong. new york police and firefighters are working with the coast guard and ntsb to get answers. >> our purpose right now is to gather the perishable evidence, the information that can go away with the pass
. >> reporter: a city pier looked like a mobile unite. >> it completely rocked me. people were like human projectiles fli s flying into t aisles. >> reporter: more than0 people were hurt. >> people were in pain, injured. >> reporter: she was standing up to get off when it crashed. >> i was standing there talking to a gentleman and the next thing i knew, i opened my eyes and i was on the floor six or ten feet away from where i was standing. >> reporter:...
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a follow up from a fox friend and this is a goo who uy who wants to be president of the united states ronald reagan opposed these assault weapons in clear language. the house caucus are having their retreat today. we heard today there was no talk of guns. i think a lot of republicans want this to go away. the speak ary er speaker's ce said if there is legislation pulled down we will deal with it then. that minority may be ultrahard-core conservative gun owners that have made this a test or it is the nra but it has put republican ares with an active number of brain cells who wish to see a future of their party who have been painted into a corner. >> they are on the wrong side of these polls showing where 74% of the american public is. i think that is where the politics meet the public opinion. we know you have reported on the fact that congress is not a broadly represented institution. republicans are representing these districts. so the response is that our districts say something different. >> and al ex, the thing about this retreat, they are proudly getting it out there. we know the
a follow up from a fox friend and this is a goo who uy who wants to be president of the united states ronald reagan opposed these assault weapons in clear language. the house caucus are having their retreat today. we heard today there was no talk of guns. i think a lot of republicans want this to go away. the speak ary er speaker's ce said if there is legislation pulled down we will deal with it then. that minority may be ultrahard-core conservative gun owners that have made this a test or it...
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the fact that now for the first time in our history practically every bill that comes before the united states senate requires a supermajority of 60 votes in order to pass. that did not get fixed today. it got changed. but it doesn't seem to have been fixed. joining us now is democratic senator sherrod brown of ohio. senator brown, thank you for being here. i appreciate your being willing to talk to us about this. >> sure. of course. >> am i wrong to think that there's not going to be a big change to what we've come to accept as normal, which is republicans requiring a 60-vote supermajority on everything in the senate? >> i think you were generally right. i think that there will be -- i mean, the steps -- we didn't do as much as many of us wanted to do. i think it's small progress. i think it will -- the senate will be -- will work a little better than it did. working with a group of people that will find least to slow things down. >> i think the disappointment from people, from congress watchers and people who are not on capitol hill is that everybody thought democratic senators were f
the fact that now for the first time in our history practically every bill that comes before the united states senate requires a supermajority of 60 votes in order to pass. that did not get fixed today. it got changed. but it doesn't seem to have been fixed. joining us now is democratic senator sherrod brown of ohio. senator brown, thank you for being here. i appreciate your being willing to talk to us about this. >> sure. of course. >> am i wrong to think that there's not going to...
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when you look at the unite and you compare it to -- the united states and compare it to, say, the united kingdom, we do not have lots more assaults, lots more robberies than places like the united kingdom. is place where we're really different is with respect to our homicide rate. it's just the homicide rate that makes us different, and almost all the difference between the united states and united kingdom, almost all of it is driven by gun homicides. so i think, you know, i am not very enthusiastic about letting my 8-year-old daughter watching violent video games, but i think the gun piece of this really is, to me, the most important thing that makes us so different from other industrialized countries. >> the point i would make with respect to that is that there is a big difference between homicide here and homicide abroad that you don't see in other crime categories. there is also a great deal of variation in homicide among the 50 states that seem to bear no relation at all to gun laws or the prevalence of guns. and, i mean, vermont has probably the loosest gun raws in the country -- l
when you look at the unite and you compare it to -- the united states and compare it to, say, the united kingdom, we do not have lots more assaults, lots more robberies than places like the united kingdom. is place where we're really different is with respect to our homicide rate. it's just the homicide rate that makes us different, and almost all the difference between the united states and united kingdom, almost all of it is driven by gun homicides. so i think, you know, i am not very...